Here's a wiretop ashtray....
I tend to agree that it is not a frog. Somewhere in the distance past, 1940s, I have a fleeting memory of a cigar something like this. The wire...
You're right. Baker! I knew those compartments were originally used for holding candles and/or small valuable items, but forgot their actual name....
I agree, "intriguing!" The 2nd one, the low one, may be an iron muniment chest similar to the following one....
Looks like a caravel such as Columbus' Santa Maria. With those crisses on the sails are certainly like what was on Spanish sails back when. Wonder...
Those staffs were known as a quarterstaff aka a stave, balkstaff, shortstaff, etc. This staff however is really too short to be an honest to...
Baker covered it in her reply #10 "plating indicator."
I also have found mention of this document as well as Crèvécoeur histories. According to the following ownership history of Leeds Castle in Kent,...
Haven't any luck on this pattern/maker yet. The pattern seems to have a Scandinavian flair, flavor, to me. Not necessarily made in that corner of...
Brad, look at the Roden silver marks on the following page. The 2nd one is in the same order as yours and the lion isn't so "cartoon-like"...
The Reed & Barton pattern is "Unique: Reed & Barton, 1880, Pat #11780, Wm. Beattie design." The 2nd set of pics up from the bottom or the 10th set...
The "lion R 925" looks like the mark of Roden Bros., Ltd. of Toronto. Their mark pictured in the following link is reversed, but still looks like...
Brad, what in the world are ***we*** doing up at this early hour!!! Wellll, it's an hour early for me than for you. Anywho, the Reed & Barton...
I believe OBB has nailed it with Indian colonial silver salt with the gilding worn off. Gilding can wear off in a matter of a few short years if...
I have no help on the maker of the trumpet glass. I may have some help on dating this piece. According to a few sites E.G. Webster went under the...
Good fine, Davy! To make out the Siamese/Thai dancing figures, the pics need to be turned about 90 degrees. The dancer has a tall pointy hat, arms...
These Protective Lamp's Mining Flame Safety Lamps, AKA Eccles lamps, have been in constant production since 1873. They are even being made today....
Meant to add to the previous message, that like others have said, no doubt these narrow stands were meant for table trees. Table xmas trees was...
I hadn't noticed the difference of the bottom, cross versus solid. Like Spring, I have now found a multitude of them on ebay like yours, but all...
Greg, I do believe the following cast iron green stand is identical to yours. The seller says it's from the 1920s Germany. The diameter of the...
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